Thief Emperor

Chapter 559 Righteousness
After Li Yun looked at the details of the intelligence, he put it in his sleeve, looked back at Zheng Hao, and said with a smile: "Mr. Zheng, let's stop talking here today. I have some military affairs to deal with."

Li Yun paused and continued, "I still say what I said before. I am short of officials here. Whether it is the Zheng family or other noble families, if you want to come to Jiangdong, as long as you abide by the rules, I will accommodate you."

"The premise is that once you arrive in Jiangdong, you must abide by the rules. If you want to be an official, you must follow the rules of our Jiangdong step by step."

"Of course, there is no need to be an official. As long as your family is willing to come, I can also give you shelter. At least the Zheng family will not be blackmailed by the Henan Road Recruiting Envoy."

"but…"

Li Yun looked at Zheng Hao and said with a smile: "If you come to Jiangdong just to settle down and seek shelter, you have to buy the land and build the house yourself."

"Oh."

When Li Yun was about to see the guest off, he remembered something and said with a smile: "I have built a new city near the old city of Jinling. Since Mr. Zheng has lived in Jinling for a while, he should have seen it."

"In the second half of next year, the two cities will be connected."

"Some plots of land in the new city are being considered for sale. The specific matters are in charge of Jinling Shaoyin Zhuo Guangrui. If Mr. Zheng is interested, you may go to him and ask about the details."

Zhuo Guangrui, Li Yun had officially issued an imperial decree years ago, appointing him as the Shao Yin of Jinling Prefecture, which means he was Du Qian's deputy.

In fact, Du Qian was mainly doing the work of prime minister in Jiangdong. Most of the current affairs in Jinling Prefecture, especially those in the new city, were in charge of Zhuo Guangrui.

Just based on this position, the "investment" that the Wujun Zhuo family made in Li Yun has already been richly rewarded, and in the foreseeable future, the returns their family will receive will become more and more generous.

Zheng Hao looked at Li Yun in astonishment and nodded subconsciously: "Okay, okay..."

When he reached the door, he looked back at Li Yun and asked, "Mr. Li, I have one more thing I want to ask you."

Li Yun frowned.

This person talks too much.

But he still kept his temper and nodded, "Ask."

Zheng Hao noticed that Li Yun was a little impatient, so he quickly said, "I heard that Jiangdong is going to confiscate the land of the rich families to distribute the land equally."

"If our Zheng family temporarily moves some people to Jiangdong and buys some real estate, Lord Li, you won't...you won't confiscate our property, right?"

This is the core problem.

A stable regime must recognize its own internal asset certificates, which means it must set rules that it must follow, otherwise no one will be willing to work with you.

This is also the reason why Li Yun previously developed public land. Once private land is established and the land can be freely bought and sold in the future, it will be a spontaneous merger of the market and no one can stop it.

However, in the current Zhou Dynasty, it is basically impossible to nationalize land.

Because the people's awareness is not raised, once the people under his rule are instigated by others, they are likely to face an immediate and irreparable end.

Li Yun’s current idea is to divide the land equally, with part of it being public land and the other part being private land.

He had no way to solve the remaining problems. After much thought, it seemed that the only way to free the main contradiction from the land contradiction was to develop industry, at least primitive industry, during his lifetime.

Li Yun looked at him, and after a moment of silence, he said, "It's a different matter whether I recognize the previous real estate and land. But after I came to Jiangdong, I will recognize the real estate and land as long as there is proof."

"Not only do I recognize it, but my descendants and grandchildren will also recognize it in the future."

Zheng Hao breathed a sigh of relief, bowed to Li Yun, and then retreated respectfully.

After he left Li Garden, he actually went to the Jinling government office to inquire about the whereabouts of Zhuo Shaoyin and planned to inquire about the real estate in Xincheng.

…………

New Year's Eve.

Li Garden became lively. In addition to Li Yun's family, there were also the Xue family, Du Qian's family, Li Zheng and his wife, and a bachelor Liu Bo, all celebrating the New Year together in Li Garden.

Su Sheng, Zhao Cheng, Zhou Liang and Deng Yang's families also spent the New Year in Li Garden.

In addition to these people who were already close to Li Yun, this year, at Li Yun's invitation, there was also Yang Xi who also celebrated the New Year with everyone in Li Garden.

This incident made the senior executives of Jiangdong Group look at it with surprise.

Most of these people knew that Yang Xi blocked an arrow for Li Yun on the battlefield, but they did not expect that Yang Xi and Li Yun would be so "close".

As a result, these people became closer to Yang Xi.

This world is actually made up of circles overlapping one another.

At this time, the prototype of Jiangdong's top circle had actually been formed in Li Garden, and the people in this circle, except for Chen Da, who was busy with military affairs and did not return to Nanjing, basically consisted of those who spent the New Year in Li Garden this year.

These people can be called original shareholders.

Yang Xi was probably the last person who managed to squeeze into this circle. After him, it would probably not be easy for anyone else to squeeze into this circle for at least the next hundred years.

The lively New Year's festival passed quickly and it was the third day of the New Year.

That morning, a special guest came to Jinling. As soon as he entered Jinling, he was targeted by people from the Nine Departments. This person went all the way to the gate of Li Garden, asked to see Li Yun, and presented the seal of General Xiao, the governor of Fanyang.

After the doorman of Li Garden confirmed his identity, he invited him into Li Garden to rest. However, it was not until the afternoon that he successfully met Li Yun in the study in the backyard and handed Li Yun a letter from General Xiao.

After handing over the letter, he bowed to Li Yun and said, "Lord Li, the situation in Fanyang is critical. As we are both descendants of the Han family, my general implores you to lead the troops north to rescue Youzhou when necessary."

"Otherwise, once Youzhou is defeated, the entire Hebei Province will be lost immediately, and then, then..."

He hesitated and was about to continue speaking when he was interrupted by Li Yun.

Mr. Li looked at him and sighed silently.

"You don't need to say anything more. If Hebei Road is lost, the entire north may fall into the hands of the enemy. I know the consequences very well."

The history of another world has already given the answer clearly.

Once the northern ethnic minorities become powerful, the consequence will most likely be "looking northwest to Chang'an, seeing countless mountains".

Li Yun looked at the messenger and said directly: "Go back and tell General Xiao that after all, we were once ministers in the same court and we are both Han people. If the north is in trouble, I will not sit idly by."

"Let's get back to the basics."

The messenger was stunned, then looked surprised: "Mr. Li, you..."

"I've already said it once."

Li Yun looked at him and said, "I won't sit idly by."

The messenger had not held out much hope at first, but after hearing what Li Yun said, he bowed to Li Yun repeatedly, overjoyed: "Thank you, Lord Li, thank you, Lord Li!"

Li Yun waved his hand, signaling someone to take him downstairs to rest.

After rereading the message from General Xiao, Li Yun summoned several generals in Jinling.

An hour later, Zhao Cheng, Su Sheng, Li Zheng, Deng Yang and Zhou Liang all gathered in Li Yun's study.

Li Yun passed Xiao Xian's letter to these people one by one.

Zhao Cheng looked at it, hesitated for a moment, and was the first to speak: "Sir, Youzhou is too far away from us, and there is a Pinglu Army in between. It is really difficult to get through, and..."

"This is Wu Zhou's business after all."

Zhao Cheng looked at Li Yun and said in a deep voice: "Moreover, if the Khitans enter Hebei Road and cause chaos in the north, this is our opportunity. We just need to wait for the opportunity and wait for the opportunity. Maybe we can easily pacify the north."

"You also said it's uncertain."

Li Yun looked at him and said calmly: "These Khitans, with a force of tens of thousands now, can suppress the Fanyang Army. When they really unify the north, can we still defeat them?"

Everyone was silent for a while.

Zhou Liang looked at Li Yun and asked, "What do you think of taking the position?"

"My idea is that we have to take care of it, but our main force cannot leave the southeast and go to the north all at once."

"Don't move the main force, send a force of 5,000 to 10,000 troops north to support Youzhou. This way, we can make our stance clear. 10,000 troops won't be a huge blow to Jiangdong."

"Moreover, these 10,000 people are going there with a righteous cause, Zhou Xu dare not stop us."

When everyone heard this, they all understood what Li Yun meant. Su Sheng said without hesitation, "Go ahead, I'll go!"

"I have nothing to do now. When the new year comes, I will lead my troops north to support Youzhou."

Zhao Cheng also stood up, clasped his fists and said, "I invite you to fight."

Li Yun shook his head slightly, looked at Li Zheng, and said with a smile: "I plan to take Li Zheng with me, the two of us will go."

He looked at everyone again and said softly, "This trip north is for the purpose of resisting the Khitan and for justice. Justice is exactly what I lack the most right now."

Having said that, seeing that no one was talking, Li Yun reached out and knocked on the table.

"Don't keep silent."

"Speak your mind."

(End of this chapter)